View log

The View Log option allows you to download or view the output from the most recent backup operation. This information may be useful in diagnosing problems if you are having a problem completing a backup. If you wish to download the raw log (a text file), click on the download link right under the header text.

The bulk of this page is the log visualization box. Each line is preceded by a time stamp, in the format YYMMDD hh:mm:ss (that's year, month, date with two digits, a space and time in 24-hour format). Each line is colour coded, for your convenience. Debug information is in smaller, grey type. Normal information is in black type. Warnings appear in bold yellow letters. It is important to read them as they convey information about skipped directories or other things that will be missing from the backup archive. If any errors occurred, these appear in bold red type.

Whenever you report bugs, all of this information is absolutely necessary. In order to reveal as little sensitive information as possible, whenever a file path has to be logged, your site's root folder is replaced with the string '<root>'. Keep this in mind when reading warnings and errors.